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Databricks Learning Festival (Self-paced): Global

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Published on ‎03-08-2026 08:45 AM by Databricks Employee | Updated on ‎03-13-2026 05:01 AM

🚀 Grow Your Skills and Earn Rewards! 🚀
 📅 Mark your calendar: 16 March – 03 April, 2026

🎉 Join us for a three-week event dedicated to learning, upskilling, and advancing your career in data engineering, analytics, machine learning, and generative AI. Whether you’re new to the field or aiming to deepen your knowledge, this is a great opportunity to invest in your professional development alongside a global community.

🎟️ Finish all of the modules listed within at least one of the self-paced learning pathways below within Customer Academy during the event window to receive:
 ✨ 50% discount on any Databricks Certification
 ✨ 20% discount on a yearly Databricks Academy Labs subscription

💬 Incentives will be distributed to the email associated with your Customer Academy account on April 9, after the event has concluded.

⚠️ Note: Please ensure every component of the course is marked as completed (including any course introduction sections) during the eligibility window to confirm your learning pathway is properly recorded.

Please review the FAQ page linked here for further information.

Start exploring your learning options below!

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA

CUSTOMER ACADEMY ENROLLMENT LINKS

LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING

Please complete all 4 modules from the Data Engineer Learning Plan:
  1. Data Ingestion with Lakeflow Connect
  2. Deploy Workloads with Lakeflow Jobs
  3. Build Data Pipelines with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines
  4. DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering

LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING

Please complete all 4 modules from the Data Engineer Learning Plan:
  1. Databricks Streaming and Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines
  2. Databricks Data Privacy
  3. Databricks Performance Optimization
  4. Automated Deployment with Databricks Asset Bundles

LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS

Please complete both modules from the Data Analyst Learning Plan:
  1. AI/BI for Data Analysts
  2. SQL Analytics on Databricks

LEARNING PATHWAY 4: ASSOCIATE ML PRACTITIONERS

Please complete all 4 modules from the Machine Learning Practitioner Learning Plan:
  1. Data Preparation for Machine Learning
  2. Machine Learning Model Development
  3. Machine Learning Model Deployment
  4. Machine Learning Operations

LEARNING PATHWAY 5: PROFESSIONAL ML PRACTITIONERS

Please complete both modules from the Machine Learning Practitioner Learning Plan:

LEARNING PATHWAY 6:  GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING

Please complete all 4 modules from the Generative AI Engineering  Learning Plan:
  1. Building Retrieval Agents on Databricks
  2. Building Single-Agent Applications on Databricks
  3. Generative AI Application Evaluation and Governance 
  4. Generative AI Application Deployment and Monitoring

LEARNING PATHWAY 7:  APACHE SPARK DEVELOPER

Please complete all 4 modules from the Apache Spark™ Developer Learning Plan:
  1. Introduction to Apache Spark™
  2. Developing Applications with Apache Spark™
  3. Stream Processing and Analysis with Apache Spark™
  4. Monitoring and Optimizing Apache Spark™ Workloads on Databricks

LEARNING PATHWAY 8:  DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER

Please complete all 3 modules from the Data Warehousing Practitioner Learning Plan:
    1. Data Warehousing with Databricks
    2. SQL Programming and Procedural Logic in Databricks
    3. Data Modelling Strategies

 

Happy learning! 📚🎓🧑‍💻🧑‍

#Databricks #MachineLearning #DataEngineering #AI #GenerativeAI #DataAnalysis #Upskill #Certification #TechCareers #LearningFestival #DataScience #AICommunity #DatabricksAcademy #DataSkills #AITraining #LearntoEarn

 






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Starts:
Mon, Mar 16, 2026 12:00 AM PDT
Ends:
Sat, Apr 4, 2026 12:00 AM PDT
212 Comments
AlaaAdel
Visitor II
Tuesday

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,
I have completed the track items for Associate Data Engineer as follows, now waiting for the voucher.

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to AlaaAdel
Tuesday

Thanks for participating! All vouchers will be distirbuted on April 09

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nalka
Visitor II
Tuesday

Is the voucher only valid for the cert associated with the course I complete? I have the spark developer exam scheduled for the sixth of April, so I'm working through that course (I may have had a single module completed so I'm hoping I still get credit). But I would like to use the voucher for another certification like the Data Engineer one. Would this be allowed?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to nalka
Tuesday

As per the FAQ, the voucher can be applied to any Databricks Certification 🙂 

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rahma
Visitor II
Tuesday

Hello guys, I'm new here. I finished a module from a pathway I selected. I can't see if this is recorded anywhere in my profile, however I have the completion certificate. Is there any status tracking from here?

Thanks

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to rahma
Wednesday

You can check within the My Activities > Courses option under the user menu on the top left menu. Please ensure all modules within the learning pathway are logged as completed 🙂 

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Sbkn0101
Visitor II
Tuesday

Can i avail for more than one certification course or is it limited to one per head for season?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Sbkn0101
Wednesday

As per the FAQ, each participant is limited to one voucher per event 🙂 

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Adarshyanamala
New Contributor
Tuesday

Hi,

Completed all 4 modules in Customer Academy during event window. Logged into Community but no Register button on Learning Festival page.

Am I registered? Separate link needed? Confirmation email? Just wait for April 9 voucher?

Thanks!

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Adarshyanamala
Wednesday

No registration is required - you simply complete any of the learning pathways during the event via Customer Academy and you'll receive the incentives via the email address associated with your account on April 09 🙂 

Soujanya92
Visitor II
Tuesday

Hi @Jim_Anderson , I completed the DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering course before the festival window (on 18/02/2026). I retook the entire course again today (25/03/2026) and clicked through every single lesson including all intro sections. However, My Activities still shows the original completion date of 18/02/2026 and is not updating to today's date. Since I have genuinely completed the course again today within the festival window, could you please manually mark this as completed for today's date from the backend so I can be eligible for the voucher? Thank you so much!

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Soujanya92
Wednesday

As per the FAQ, unfortunately you cannot retake previously completed courses. The system will only log the initial date content is completed. So if you'd like to avail of the incentives, please complete an alternative, net new learning pathway via your account by April 03 🙂 

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martalimas
New Contributor
Wednesday

I have a question regarding the hands-on portions of the course. During the follow-along demonstrations, the instructor references a Vocareum lab environment and notebooks  however, it seems that lab access is not included during this Learning Festival period, and we only have access to the Serverless SQL Warehouse.

My question is: is there any way to follow along hands-on during the festival window, or is the practical/lab component only accessible after the event concludes for example, through the Databricks Academy Labs subscription discount we receive upon completion?

I want to make the most of this learning experience and would love to know if there's a workaround or recommended approach for hands-on practice during the festival.

Thanks!

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to martalimas
Wednesday

To confirm, the hands on labs are only available via the Databricks Academy Labs subscription and participants are encouraged to leverage the 20% discount code we'll be providing on April 09 for this 🙂 

ojobo
New Contributor
Wednesday

I have completed all the modules in the learning pathway 7: APACHE SPARK DEVELOPER  

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to ojobo
Wednesday

Congratulations! I hope you enjoyed the course 🙂 

iamsumitsingh
Visitor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
Wednesday

I had previously accessed a few modules (for example, parts of the Lakeflow/Data Engineer pathway) before the festival started. However, I have now completed the entire module again during the festival period.
Could you please confirm whether this will be considered eligible for the voucher, or does any prior activity (even partial progress before the festival) make it ineligible?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to iamsumitsingh
Wednesday

You can verify the date any given module was logged as completed using the My Activities > Courses option under the user menu in th etop left of Academy. You will need to ensure:

1. All modules from a given learning pathway are fully recorded as completed, and

2. At least one of these modules was completed between March 16 - April 03

To qualify for the incentive distribution on April 09

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davy08
Visitor II
Wednesday

Hello Jim:

I have completed LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING.

Thank you for your support. Will wait for the Voucher next month. 

 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to davy08
Wednesday

Thanks for participating! I hope you enjoyed the course and best of luck with the certification! 🙂